take a leaf from (one)

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take a leaf from (one)

To do something in the way one would do it; to behave or act like one. I think I'm going to take a leaf from you and start going for a run first thing in the morning.Our youngest son was always very placid as a baby, but now that he's getting older, he's begun taking a leaf from our older boy.

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